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senate foreign relations chairman john kerry called romney's statements, quote, callous and reckless. indiana republican dan coates, who once served as ambassador to germany, was asked about the kerry criticism of romney. listen. >> let's avoid the political statements right now. >> should that be true of mitt romney, as well? >> i think we need to keep the political focus on the election separate from the possible implications of what goes to security and how to protect our citizens. >> and late today president obama weighed in. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here. you know, governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. as president, one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. you know, it's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought through the ramifications before you make them. >> joining us now is ari fleischer, who's an unpaid occasional communications adviser of the romney campaign and also democratic strategist and obama 2012 pollster cornell belcher. ari, the
senate foreign relations chairman john kerry called romney's statements, quote, callous and reckless. indiana republican dan coates, who once served as ambassador to germany, was asked about the kerry criticism of romney. listen. >> let's avoid the political statements right now. >> should that be true of mitt romney, as well? >> i think we need to keep the political focus on the election separate from the possible implications of what goes to security and how to protect our...
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romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is lower the bar and if you're doing well you beat expectations and win the debate, the spin they're playing. listen to stephanie from the obama campaign. >> what history tells us that challengers normally win the first debate just by the fact they're standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them and normally come into this as underdogs. we're coming into this very realistic mitt romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. >> reporter: while the candidates themselves are laying low today, the running mates will be in the spotlight. >> tell us about what paul ryan is doin
romney and john kerry knows a bit about debating, the democrats' 2004 nominee. and mitt romney goes to colorado monday and the debate is wednesday. besides the preparation, we're seeing both campaigns trying to low low expectations. not just campaigns, listen to governor romney. >> he's president of the united states and an eloquent speaker. >> he's a very eloquent speaker and in his debate last time with senator mccain, he'll be very eloquent. >> reporter: the whole idea is...
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. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your voice must be heard in this election. if you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election. if you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape, that new energy can power our future, that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers, if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules, then i need you to vote this november. [ cheers and applause ] america, i never s
. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your voice must...
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we have learned that senator john kerry is going to play the role of mitt romney in the president's practice sessions. ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate preps. >>> general motors is recalling more than 40,000 cars. it is concerned about fuel pump modules that could crack and cause a fire. the recall affects the 2007 to 2009 chevrolet cobalt and pontiac g5. gm will replace the fuel part for free. >>> yes, it is over officially. regular nfl refs will be back on the field tomorrow. the refs union formally ratify add new contract today. the nfl agreed to a deal with the union earlier this week which allowed those refs to return on thursday to a standing "o." critics said the performance of the replacement refs hurt the integrity of the game. >>> and winds ripping through the japanese island of okinawa is all from typhoon jelawat. at least 50 people suffered injuries while more than 270,000 homes have no power. the storm is expected to weaken as it moves north through cooler waters. >>> here's what else we're talking about tonight. a mentally disabled wo
we have learned that senator john kerry is going to play the role of mitt romney in the president's practice sessions. ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate preps. >>> general motors is recalling more than 40,000 cars. it is concerned about fuel pump modules that could crack and cause a fire. the recall affects the 2007 to 2009 chevrolet cobalt and pontiac g5. gm will replace the fuel part for free. >>> yes, it is over officially. regular...
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one was john kerry. ask bin laden if he's better off than four years ago. and joe biden, the familiar trump sky, bin laden dead, general motors alive. the auto industry, they're hammering this now, john. they're going after that crowd so they can hit michigan, ohio, the workers, the car people. >> look, it's an overstatement to say you had a three-day convention and it was about two states. but the president understands the map. if he can keep michigan, and win ohio, which is a toss-up right now, it's almost impossible for governor romney to win when you do the piece by piece 270 electoral map. so what is the criticisms of the president, that he's not fighting for the economy, admitting his failings. one of the knocks on him is he's arrogant and distant. so many of the speeches referenced bin laden. i e-mailed an obama campaign official saying i thought this was about the economy. >> you're in charge of all this. is that a strategy? not just the economy, hammer home some of the other positives. barack obama did say the car industry, and he also did kill bin
one was john kerry. ask bin laden if he's better off than four years ago. and joe biden, the familiar trump sky, bin laden dead, general motors alive. the auto industry, they're hammering this now, john. they're going after that crowd so they can hit michigan, ohio, the workers, the car people. >> look, it's an overstatement to say you had a three-day convention and it was about two states. but the president understands the map. if he can keep michigan, and win ohio, which is a toss-up...
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kerry was going to be president. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john kerry was going to win until the very end. >> and you have to remember the down ballot races matter a lot. >> congress and senate. >> then republicans are going, they need to redouble their efforts to retake the senate and that's looking dicesy. that's why president obama had active efforts in texas in 2008 because those down ballot races really matter for the future and for your leverage when you come into office. >> thanks to all three and please let us now whether you think the polls are actually reflecting the real numbers right now. >>> next, there are very conflicting stories about what happened that night in libya. it is now being called benghazi gate and police arrive at a gruesome murder scene and find a young television star dead in the driveway. >>> benjamin netanyahu drew a red line, literally, had the big, fat, wasn't a skinny little sharpie. it was a fat, red line. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheape
kerry was going to be president. >> fox news apparently that night, they thought john kerry was going to win until the very end. >> and you have to remember the down ballot races matter a lot. >> congress and senate. >> then republicans are going, they need to redouble their efforts to retake the senate and that's looking dicesy. that's why president obama had active efforts in texas in 2008 because those down ballot races really matter for the future and for your...
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kerry was doing well. foreign policy became an issue. people went after john kerry. at the end of the october 2004, just days before the election, bin laden comes without a video and in the end the president was re-elected. george w. bush by only about 20,000 votes in ohio and foreign policy was clearly an issue so you can't neglect it in this current campaign, either. >> the dust-upstarted. the war of the statements sort to speak. i'm going to dovetail with the last question which is, could the republicans attack president obama right now on the foreign policy decisions that got us in to this situation that we currently find ourselves in libya if, in fact, it is a bad situation in libya? number two, wow. it happened in an nano second. >> well, as far as the u.s. involvement in libya, getting rid of moammar gadhafi, putting together a coalition with others to get rid of gadhafi, that had bipartisan support. you had support not just of president obama and his team but from john mccain, joe lieberman, lindsey graham and republicans, adds well. this is a bipartisan init
kerry was doing well. foreign policy became an issue. people went after john kerry. at the end of the october 2004, just days before the election, bin laden comes without a video and in the end the president was re-elected. george w. bush by only about 20,000 votes in ohio and foreign policy was clearly an issue so you can't neglect it in this current campaign, either. >> the dust-upstarted. the war of the statements sort to speak. i'm going to dovetail with the last question which is,...
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. >> i'm john kerry. and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back. not with so much work to be done. >> announcer: this is cnn. >>> and we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." and we're live from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. weather kept this big closing night indoors instead of the planned mass stadium rally. but the energy is already building for the climax of this convention. president obama's acceptance speech. bi clinton certainly set the stage last night with a powerful rousing address. now it's up to president obama to deliver. and what he says here just a few hours from now could have a huge impact on whether he gets another four years in the white house. so we're just moments away from the day's opening gavel. you'll see it all here unfolding live. president obama says he'll share his vision for the future tonight. and his aides say he'll offer some concrete proposals at the same time. but what does he need to say in this c
. >> i'm john kerry. and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back. not with so much work to be done. >> announcer: this is cnn. >>> and we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." and we're live from the democratic national convention in charlotte, north carolina. weather kept this big closing night indoors instead of the planned mass stadium rally. but the energy...
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>> i don't think we know yet and, you know, whether john kerry is right or not about that, for romney to come -- it's just not effective and one of the things we learned as reporters is the first information is often wrong and you have to let things settle out and romney doesn't have the lead in foreign policy in the campaign now so it probably is better if he is restrained and let the facts develop and then develop support or critique. >> but he didn't back away today, he doubled down on what his campaign and what he said last night when the initial reports were coming out. smart politics, not smart politics? >> well, it's just not effective. it's about one statement and whether, you know, the white house changes its position, the state department does, many times it's a volatile situation. clearly a tragic situation. and as you remember, the last year of the carter administration was dominated by the iranian hostage situation. so you never know when something like this is going to bounce and keep bouncing for weeks or months. you know, we just don't know. my sense is that this incid
>> i don't think we know yet and, you know, whether john kerry is right or not about that, for romney to come -- it's just not effective and one of the things we learned as reporters is the first information is often wrong and you have to let things settle out and romney doesn't have the lead in foreign policy in the campaign now so it probably is better if he is restrained and let the facts develop and then develop support or critique. >> but he didn't back away today, he doubled...
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president obama is using john kerry as his practice partner. the massachusetts senator is portraiting the former massachusetts governor who is mitt romney, and romney is using ron portman as his obama. paul steinhauser has more on their practice sessions. >> reporter: good morning, gary. you know, it's pretty obvious. one will definitely dominate this week in the race for the white hoe. >> i'm looking forward to the debates. >> reporter: and the first of the three showdowns comes wednesday night when president obama and republican nominee mitt romney face off in denver. both candidates have a lot on the line, especially the gop challenger, who a few days ago gave some insight into his debate preps. >> it's great to have senator rob portman. you know, he debates me from time to time. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much anymore, all right? he keeps on beating me up and i keep on going away shaking my head. >> reporter: romney flies to colorado monday to hold a rally that night before hunkering down
president obama is using john kerry as his practice partner. the massachusetts senator is portraiting the former massachusetts governor who is mitt romney, and romney is using ron portman as his obama. paul steinhauser has more on their practice sessions. >> reporter: good morning, gary. you know, it's pretty obvious. one will definitely dominate this week in the race for the white hoe. >> i'm looking forward to the debates. >> reporter: and the first of the three showdowns...
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he'll be with john kerry who is representing romney in his sessions. we're told romney heads out to colorado tomorrow. he'll be practicing with ohio senator rob portman. portman is playing president obama in these debates and it's all leading up to wednesday's big night. fred? >> thanks very much in washington. don't miss the big debate. you can watch it here live on cnn, 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> the chief justices will formally kick off a new term on the agenda, some of the most complicated issues of our day. here now is joe johns. >> reporter: right after the supreme court's health care decision in june, chief justice john roberts joked to colleagues that he would find an island for tr fortress to escape the political heat. here's how ruth bader ginsburg described the scene. >> some people call it will a quarter of a century. >> reporter: there are no signs of it cooling down. >> the justices are moving from the frying pan right into the fire. they are tackling some of the most difficult legal questions of the day. across the board, probably the b
he'll be with john kerry who is representing romney in his sessions. we're told romney heads out to colorado tomorrow. he'll be practicing with ohio senator rob portman. portman is playing president obama in these debates and it's all leading up to wednesday's big night. fred? >> thanks very much in washington. don't miss the big debate. you can watch it here live on cnn, 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> the chief justices will formally kick off a new term on the agenda, some of the...
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. >> i'm john kerry, and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back. not with so much work to be done. >> announcer: this is cnn. >>> in minutes this the final night of the democratic national convention kicks off right here in charlotte. what happens tonight could change the battle for the white house as we know it. and you're going to see it all unfold live. i'm wolf blitzer on the floor of the convention here in charlotte. and you're in "the situation room." the excitement is already building here inside the time warner cable arena. just hours from now president obama will take the stage right behind me and deliver a speech democrats are hoping will seal the deal for his re-election. let's go to cnn's dana bash out there on the floor of the convention hall. she's getting new information about what the president will say tonight. dana, what are you hearing? >> well, the president's aides and other democratic officials that we're talking to are insisting that he is going to go beyond what mitt romney did when it comes to specifics. they say that at th
. >> i'm john kerry, and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back. not with so much work to be done. >> announcer: this is cnn. >>> in minutes this the final night of the democratic national convention kicks off right here in charlotte. what happens tonight could change the battle for the white house as we know it. and you're going to see it all unfold live. i'm wolf blitzer on the floor of the convention here in charlotte. and you're in "the...
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romney has listed senator rob portman to prep him while obama is working with senator john kerry. latest polls covered with that 47% remark hurting romney. in the battleground state of pennsylvania today. >> -- make sure america leads in our homes, in our economy and in our military. i need something from you. that's my commitment to you. i need you to go out and find somebody who voted for barack obama and get him to vote for me. >> he's down but not out. can he turn it around with an october surprise? let's welcome stephanie cutter. it's going reasonably well for you guys. it's been a good couple weeks, really since the conventions. you've got a bit of momentum but i guess you're not taking this too complacently. >> no, absolutely not, piers. you know, debates can be a pivotal moment in campaigns. i remember eight years ago when john kerry was getting ready to debate george bush, we were eight points down. coming out of that first debate we were tied with george bush. so there is an opportunity for mitt romney if he takes advantage of it next wednesday night, to turn the momentu
romney has listed senator rob portman to prep him while obama is working with senator john kerry. latest polls covered with that 47% remark hurting romney. in the battleground state of pennsylvania today. >> -- make sure america leads in our homes, in our economy and in our military. i need something from you. that's my commitment to you. i need you to go out and find somebody who voted for barack obama and get him to vote for me. >> he's down but not out. can he turn it around with...
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john kerry, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, in his convention speech attacked governor romney for being like president bush and the iraq and afghanistan policies. both of which he voted for. so when the chairman of the foreign affairs committee apologizes for those votes, then he's in a position to ask for others to apologize. >> back to sort of the initial question and how you and i got off on bad foot iing. doesn't this look like romney is trying to use a crisis to his own political advantage rather than thinking about what's best for the situation, standing back, getting the facts and then commenting? >> what's best in the situation is to stand up to our values and being willing to lead from the front. whether it's in egypt or in libya or in syria where 20,000 people have died gruesome deaths from atrocities or whether it's iran close to a nuclear breakout where there's been huge advances ir refutably under president obama, whether it's the fact we have a hemorrhaged relationship with our most reliable ally in israel, these are substantive matters that need to be discussed
john kerry, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, in his convention speech attacked governor romney for being like president bush and the iraq and afghanistan policies. both of which he voted for. so when the chairman of the foreign affairs committee apologizes for those votes, then he's in a position to ask for others to apologize. >> back to sort of the initial question and how you and i got off on bad foot iing. doesn't this look like romney is trying to use a crisis to his own...
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. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know that their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your voice must be heard in this election. if you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election. if you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape, that new energy can power our future, that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers, if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair sre and everyone plays by the same rules, then i need you to vote this november. america, i never said this journey woul
. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know that their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your voice...
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. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >>> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know that their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your voice must be heard in this election. if you reject the notion that our government is forever beholden to the highest bidder, you need to stand up in this election. if you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape, that new energy can power our future, that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers, if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same rules, then i need you to vote this november. america, i never said this journey w
. >> senator john kerry on stage tonight. now back to president obama's speech. >>> i don't know what party these men and women belong to. i don't know if they'll vote for me. but i know that their spirit defines us. they remind me in the words of scripture that ours is a future filled with hope. and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. if you reject the notion that this nation's promise is reserved for the few, your...
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i am john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done. >>> this is cnn. >>> thank you for joining us, a big night here in charlotte, north carolina, day two of the democratic national convention. all of this hour we'll be bringing you the highlights. we begin with the biggest speech of the night from former president bill clinton. take a look. >> we are here to nominate a president. and i have got one in mind. i want to nominate a man whose own life has known its fair share of adversity and uncertainty. i want to nominate a man who ran for president to change the course of an already weak economy, and then just -- then just six weeks before his election, saw it suffer the biggest collapse since the great depression. a man who stopped the slide into depression, and put us on the long road to recovery, knowing all the while that no matter how many jobs that he saved or created, there would still be millions more waiting. worried about feeding their own kids, trying to keep their hopes alive. i want to nominate a man who is cool on
i am john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done. >>> this is cnn. >>> thank you for joining us, a big night here in charlotte, north carolina, day two of the democratic national convention. all of this hour we'll be bringing you the highlights. we begin with the biggest speech of the night from former president bill clinton. take a look. >> we are here to nominate a president. and i have got one in mind....
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look, you heard my friend john kerry. this president, this president has shown the same resolve, the same steady hand, in his role as commander in chief. look, which brings me to the next illustration i want to tell you about. the next crisis he had to face. in 2008, 2008, before he was president, barack obama made a promise to the american people. he said, if i have been -- if we had bin laden in our sights, we will, we will take him out. he went on to say, he went on to say, that has to be our biggest national security priority. look, barack understood that the search for bin laden was about a lot more than taking a monstrous leader off the battlefield. it was about so much more than that. it was about righting an unspeakable wrong. it was about -- literally, it was about healing an unbearable wound, a nearly unbearable wound in america's heart. and he also knew, he also knew the message we had to send around the world. if you attack innocent americans, we will follow you to the end of the earth! [ applause ] look -- [
look, you heard my friend john kerry. this president, this president has shown the same resolve, the same steady hand, in his role as commander in chief. look, which brings me to the next illustration i want to tell you about. the next crisis he had to face. in 2008, 2008, before he was president, barack obama made a promise to the american people. he said, if i have been -- if we had bin laden in our sights, we will, we will take him out. he went on to say, he went on to say, that has to be...
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i'm here with senator john kerry, also a democratic nominee eight years ago. senator, thank you so much for joining me. president clinton spoke very passionately tonight for president obama. he also spoke very passionately on your behalf eight years ago. wa did you take away from this speech? how did he do? did he make a good case for president obama? >> spectacularly. i think the president laid out all the facts in a very methodical, very personal, very quiet way, all it have factual, and i think he just destroyed the basis of the romney approach to the economy. i mean, he made it clear the arithmetic doesn't add up. it was the same policy that got us into trouble and you can't reduce the deficit. it will hurt seniors, it will undo medicare. it won't create the jobs. i thought he did a great job of connecting the dots between all of the things president obama is doing and where the nation needs to go. the most important thing was what he said as an ex-president, that he couldn't, no president could have, dealt better with the challenges we have and have set o
i'm here with senator john kerry, also a democratic nominee eight years ago. senator, thank you so much for joining me. president clinton spoke very passionately tonight for president obama. he also spoke very passionately on your behalf eight years ago. wa did you take away from this speech? how did he do? did he make a good case for president obama? >> spectacularly. i think the president laid out all the facts in a very methodical, very personal, very quiet way, all it have factual,...
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. >> i am john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we can't turn back, not with so much work to be done. >>> this is cnn. >>> a big night here in charlotte, north carolina, the start of the democratic national convention. the main point of the convention, of course nominating president obama for a second term, but tonight we heard from the star of the show, first lady, michelle obama. we'll show you the first lady, and the speeches, take a look. >> serving as your first lady is an honor and a privilege. but back when we first came together four years ago, i still had some concerns about this journey we had started. while i believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country, and i was certain he would make an extraordinary president, like any mother, i was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. how will we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight? how would they feel being unrooted from their school, their friends and the only home they had ever known? see, our life before moving to washington was filled with simple joys.
. >> i am john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> america, we can't turn back, not with so much work to be done. >>> this is cnn. >>> a big night here in charlotte, north carolina, the start of the democratic national convention. the main point of the convention, of course nominating president obama for a second term, but tonight we heard from the star of the show, first lady, michelle obama. we'll show you the first lady, and the speeches, take a look. >>...
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john kerry, the 2004 democratic nominee, nancy pelosi, harry reid, they'll be up on stage as well. probably the biggest draw on wednesday night, former president bill clinton. he will be putting president obama's name into nomination and making the case, more importantly, the case for re-electing the president and against electing the republican challengers. he will be a big draw on wednesday. also, we expect to hear from the first lady, michelle obama. gary. >> shannon, that's what's fascinating about politics. four years ago, bill clinton was saying nasty things about barack obama when his wife was running for president. now he's a valued asset for the campaign. shannon travis, thank you. we look forward to hearing from you during the democratic national convention. thank you, shannon. >>> protesters are already in charlotte getting a jump on this week's convention. [ chanting ] >> the protest was called march on wall street south. cnn's joe johns spent time talking to protesters. >> reporter: here in charlotte in the run-up on the democratic national convention, wall street sout
john kerry, the 2004 democratic nominee, nancy pelosi, harry reid, they'll be up on stage as well. probably the biggest draw on wednesday night, former president bill clinton. he will be putting president obama's name into nomination and making the case, more importantly, the case for re-electing the president and against electing the republican challengers. he will be a big draw on wednesday. also, we expect to hear from the first lady, michelle obama. gary. >> shannon, that's what's...
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john mccain in 2008, john kerry in 2004 got nothing. the change coincides with the rise of cable news and the internet as news sources and the scheduling of the events. there used to be a month between the conventions, now just four days. >>> the conventions are a big show. are voters tuning in or tuning out? next hour, i'll talk to a couple young political leaders to take on the message and the messengers as well. >>> calling on a quarterback who happens to be a girl. how her history making play turned out. this country was built by working people. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> 14 minutes past the hour. stories we are following across country. histor
john mccain in 2008, john kerry in 2004 got nothing. the change coincides with the rise of cable news and the internet as news sources and the scheduling of the events. there used to be a month between the conventions, now just four days. >>> the conventions are a big show. are voters tuning in or tuning out? next hour, i'll talk to a couple young political leaders to take on the message and the messengers as well. >>> calling on a quarterback who happens to be a girl. how her...
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spends the first part of the week in the battleground state of nevada where he'll be practicing with john kerry, and president obama will be practicing with rob port man who is playing president balm. >>> president obama and milt romney face to face as american voters weigh the choices. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night october 3. watch it live right here at 7:00 eastern time on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> police in winter springs florida are investigating a deadly shooting this morning outside a veteran of foreign wars lodge. our affiliate says a group of bikers was getting ready for a charity motorcycle ride when a group of armed suspects showed up and opened fire. two people were killed and one injured. >>> what happened to two tennessee children before fire destroyed their house? that's what police are trying to figure out this hour. their home burned down a week ago, but still no trace of 7-year-old gauge daniel and 9-year-old klee woe leverette. susan kacandiotti is following this story. >> investigators are using dogs to coffer a wider area around the house. what's
spends the first part of the week in the battleground state of nevada where he'll be practicing with john kerry, and president obama will be practicing with rob port man who is playing president balm. >>> president obama and milt romney face to face as american voters weigh the choices. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night october 3. watch it live right here at 7:00 eastern time on cnn and on cnn.com. >>> police in winter springs florida are investigating a...
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kerry who will be filling the shoes in these mock proposals. the campaign doesn't want to talk a whole lot about the preparation. they don't really want a lot of process stories. and they really want to emphasize the fact that mitt romney has been spending time preparing as they try to set expectations very high for president obama's opponent. >> thank you. >>> and we're counting down to the first debate once again, this coming wednesday. our complete coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. let's dig a little deeper right now with ron bron steen, the editorial director of the national journal. if you're looking at all the demographics right now, where are the major differences between these two candidates? >> what you're seeing to a surprising extent in the last several weeks is president obama essentially reassembling the coalition that eleked him in 2008. >> why is that surprising? >> in 2010, democrats suffered big erosion in key parts of that coalition and also saw turnout decline. what you've got are three essential elements,
kerry who will be filling the shoes in these mock proposals. the campaign doesn't want to talk a whole lot about the preparation. they don't really want a lot of process stories. and they really want to emphasize the fact that mitt romney has been spending time preparing as they try to set expectations very high for president obama's opponent. >> thank you. >>> and we're counting down to the first debate once again, this coming wednesday. our complete coverage begins at 7 p.m....
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. >> obviously you and john kerry had it out on this today. but john mccain also is on the other side of this. here's john mccain. >> if we turn our backs now on the millions of people in libya and egypt and syria and other countries across the middle east, people who share so many of our values and interests, people who are the true authors of the arab spring, we will hand our common enemies, the terrorists and extremists, the very victory that they seek. >> senator, what do you think about that? the libyan leadership apologized immediately. would we be handing terrorist, extremist as victory by pulling the funding back? >> think too many people misinterpret that you have to bribe people to be your friends or that your disengaging by not giving people money. we're pretty well engaged with england but we don't send any known england. we're borrowing $50,000 a second. where is the money going to come from. often foreign aid is stolen by the leaders. mubarak stole billions of dollars. they secreted it away in swiss bank accounts. they had mansio
. >> obviously you and john kerry had it out on this today. but john mccain also is on the other side of this. here's john mccain. >> if we turn our backs now on the millions of people in libya and egypt and syria and other countries across the middle east, people who share so many of our values and interests, people who are the true authors of the arab spring, we will hand our common enemies, the terrorists and extremists, the very victory that they seek. >> senator, what do...
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i was on nbc with senator kennedy discussing with tom brokaw the cabinet john kerry was going to pick. so -- >> the polls are all wrong? a ten-point lead? >> the poll's not wrong. but a poll can be a sample of the 2008 election instead of a sample of the 2010 election, and i don't know what the 2012 election's going to be. the pollster doesn't. he's guessing at it. is obama ahead in the key states right now? yes. is he ahead by enough so that romney can't overtake him? you'd have to be a fool to say that he is. there's too much to go. debates. we got a mideast -- who knows what's going on in the mideast. looks to me like the obama approach to the midsoutheast falling apart in front of our eyes. you see it on television every night. >> you do see that president obama is ahead in the key state? >> i believe obama is ahead. if i were the obama campaign i'd feel a little better. feel like things are ahead, we're working but nervous we've got four debates ahead, and a mideast. who knows what's going to happen next? the obama approach to the mideast is not working. iran now has three times
i was on nbc with senator kennedy discussing with tom brokaw the cabinet john kerry was going to pick. so -- >> the polls are all wrong? a ten-point lead? >> the poll's not wrong. but a poll can be a sample of the 2008 election instead of a sample of the 2010 election, and i don't know what the 2012 election's going to be. the pollster doesn't. he's guessing at it. is obama ahead in the key states right now? yes. is he ahead by enough so that romney can't overtake him? you'd have to...
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rst the president of the united states, and then john kerry, a supporter of the president, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here, and governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and name later. as president one of the things that i have learned is that you cannot do that. you know, it is important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts, and that you have thought through the ramifications before you make them. >> to make those kinds of statements before you even know the facts, before families have been notified and before things have played out is really not just inexperienced, but it is irresponsible and callous and reckless. and i think that he ought to apologize, and i don't think that he knows what he is talking about frankly. it is that simple. i don't think that, ashleigh, mitt romney is going to apologize, althoughly be curious and you will be curious, all of the viewers will be curious to see how he handles this diplomatic tight rope in the area of the moment,
rst the president of the united states, and then john kerry, a supporter of the president, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here, and governor romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and name later. as president one of the things that i have learned is that you cannot do that. you know, it is important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts, and that you have thought through...
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. >>> and senator john kerry is playing the role of mitt romney in the president's practice session. and ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate. more on the preview of wednesday's big event. >> as running mate paul ryan makes the rounds on the campaign trail here in new hampshire, and ohio, guess what? his boss is hunkering down, getting ready for the first showdown between him and president obama. romney is spending a lot of time this week to prepare for the debate. the same thing for the president. he is off the campaign trail, today, tomorrow, off to nevada. but basically he is spending a lot of this week, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both are trying to lower the bar for the candidates. even the candidates themselves are doingñr it. take a listen to mitt romney, recently on the campaign trail. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very good speaker. >> now, he is a very good speaker, i am sure in the debates, as last time with senator john mccain he will be very eloquent. >> reporter: and it is not on
. >>> and senator john kerry is playing the role of mitt romney in the president's practice session. and ohio senator rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's debate. more on the preview of wednesday's big event. >> as running mate paul ryan makes the rounds on the campaign trail here in new hampshire, and ohio, guess what? his boss is hunkering down, getting ready for the first showdown between him and president obama. romney is spending a lot of time this week...
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senator john kerry is going to play the role of mitt romney when the president holds his practice sessions. rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's preps. you can catch that debate at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn and also cnn.com. >>> the pope's butler went on trial, accused of stealing secret papers and leaking them to an italian journalist. the butler faces a sentence up to eight years if convicted. >>> a rival band honored florida a&m university's suspended band. southern university and florida a&m are long-time football rivals. halftime of their game has traditionally featured a battle of the bands. famu's band is suspendsed after last year's hazing death of a drum major. >>> those are the headlines this hour. keeping you informed, cnn, the most trusted name in news. >>> in 2002, the world economic forum ranked u.s. infrastructure fifth in the world. in its latest report, we're 25th. why? well, these days the rest of the developed world spends substantially more on infrastructure than we do. many emerging market do even more. china spends 9% of its gdp on infrastructure to
senator john kerry is going to play the role of mitt romney when the president holds his practice sessions. rob portman is portraying the president in mitt romney's preps. you can catch that debate at 7:00 p.m. eastern on cnn and also cnn.com. >>> the pope's butler went on trial, accused of stealing secret papers and leaking them to an italian journalist. the butler faces a sentence up to eight years if convicted. >>> a rival band honored florida a&m university's suspended...
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those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact, whoever is overconfident about whoever is going to win this election is probe going to lose it. this is a darn close election. whoever expected what happened in the last week, week and a half with -- in this election. this is going to be an election about the economy. it's now becoming an election that's looking an awful lot like 1980 with jim jimmy carter style president in the white house. >> certainly, you would agree, certainly, that having american hostages held for 444 days is a little different from having a protest outside american embassies, and we have the tragic deaths of these four americans in libya which a lot of folks are arguing is a different thing from saying everything here is failed. the question is do you actually believe that this no longer is about the economy? >> no, no, i do. i believe it'
those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact, whoever is overconfident about whoever is going to win this election is probe going to lose it. this is a darn close election. whoever expected what happened in the last week, week and a half with -- in this election. this is...
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. >>> former massachusetts senator john kerry last night making the case for president obama as an indispensable leader on the world stage, and the speech grew huge applause and left some wondering if kerry is auditioning for the role of secretary of state in a second obama administration here. and media playing an important role in the campaign so far, but one man's tweet caught the attention. this is i'm a hit -- i'm going to hit obama with that lee harvey oswald swagg and since arrested by the if secret service, and has a detention hearing next week. and now of course, news coming from the disappointing jobs report coming fast and furious, but for americans, the latest stats are much more than talking points. we are introducing you to a california man despite the $20 an hour job has been living in a van with his wife for the past two years. >> reporter: julius is behind a mtba bus 40 hours a week. he is the one the jovial beard. and when the work is done, he moves from the bus to another vehicle, his van, where he live lives. >> it is a full-sized mattress. >> reporter: this is home, because
. >>> former massachusetts senator john kerry last night making the case for president obama as an indispensable leader on the world stage, and the speech grew huge applause and left some wondering if kerry is auditioning for the role of secretary of state in a second obama administration here. and media playing an important role in the campaign so far, but one man's tweet caught the attention. this is i'm a hit -- i'm going to hit obama with that lee harvey oswald swagg and since...
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he'll be joined by john kerry who ee playing the role of mitt romney. >>> there's trouble for florida's republican party where a voter registration controversy is brewing. the state's republican party fired a private consulting firm it hired to help register voters. suspicious forms have been discovered in at least five florida counties. >>> those are your top stories. "reliable sources" is up at the top of the hour. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> president ahmadinejad has a history of making broad historical comments about iran, u.s. foreign policy, israel, and much else. so i talked to him about the history of the jews. listen to what he said. you're a student of history, and you said something that i was struck by in one of the gatherings that you were at. you spoke abo israel and you said it has no roots in history in the region. and i was wondering whether you really believe that because as you know, of course, jews have lived there for thousands of years, and we know this, of course, because there are repeated references to the children of israel in the koran. there are 43
he'll be joined by john kerry who ee playing the role of mitt romney. >>> there's trouble for florida's republican party where a voter registration controversy is brewing. the state's republican party fired a private consulting firm it hired to help register voters. suspicious forms have been discovered in at least five florida counties. >>> those are your top stories. "reliable sources" is up at the top of the hour. now back to "fareed zakaria gps."...
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senator john kerry is standing in for mitt romney in president obama's debate rehearsals. on the oth side, senator rob portman will fly with mitt romney to colorado on monday. he is playing the role of president obama in romney's practice round. >> while the candidates prepare for that debate, their running mates are courting voters in battleground states. republican paul ryan is in new hampshire and ohio today. he said president obama's economic policies were contributing to a lower standard of living. >> you're either part of the problem or part of the solution. and you know what? president obama has become part of the problem, and mitt romney is the solution. >> and vice president joe biden is wrapping up a two-day swing through florida. at a rally in ft. myers, he blasted romney and ryan on medicare. >> if what the republicans -- if what romney and ryan are saying about obama and biden is true on medicare, why would the american medical suggestion endorse our position? why would the national american hospital association and most importantly, why would aarp endorse us?
senator john kerry is standing in for mitt romney in president obama's debate rehearsals. on the oth side, senator rob portman will fly with mitt romney to colorado on monday. he is playing the role of president obama in romney's practice round. >> while the candidates prepare for that debate, their running mates are courting voters in battleground states. republican paul ryan is in new hampshire and ohio today. he said president obama's economic policies were contributing to a lower...